Lamiaceae
Gmelina

Gmelina asiatica L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 626 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to Indo-China. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Philippines

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bramley, G.L.C. & al. (eds.) in Ridley, H.N. (2022). Flora of the Malay Peninsula, ser. II, 9: 1-301. Authority of teh Government of the Straits Settlements.
  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • de Kok, R. (2012). A revision of the genus Gmelina (Lamiaceae). Kew Bulletin 67: 293-329.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Singapore K000755733 No
Jan 1, 2010 Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K000755734 No
Jan 1, 2010 Wirawan, N.; Cooray, R.G.; Balakrishnan, N. [899] Sri Lanka K000910170 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Put [2086] Thailand K000192573 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Coode, M.J.E.; Fergusonl, I.K. [7399] Malaysia K000755782 No
Jan 1, 1990 Coode, M.J.E. [5908] Indonesia K000853642 No
Jan 1, 1974 Worthington, T.B. [5172] K000509029 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1818] K001114285 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1818] K001114286 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chin, S.C.; Mustafa [3355] Malaysia K000755732 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1818] K001114287 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2654] India Gmelina parvifolia K001116746 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2654] Gmelina parvifolia K001116745 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2654] India Gmelina parvifolia K001116747 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2654] Gmelina parvifolia K001116744 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2654] Gmelina parvifolia K001116743 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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